More than five months after Operation Vala Umgodi in Stilfontein, police confirm 156 cases involving 1 831 suspects remain ...

The government in South Africa says it will not help about 4,000 miners inside an illegal closed mine in the country's North West province as part of an official policy against illegal mining.

Stilfontein will and must be remembered as one of the worst tragedies we have witnessed in the 30 years of democracy in South Africa. From August last year, 87 artisanal miners were deserted and ...

The South African government spent just over R30 million retrieving suspects involved in illegal mining at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in Stilfontein, North West. This was part of Operation Vala ...

Over 4,500 illegal miners are trapped underground in an inactive gold mine in Stilfontein, located in South Africa's North West Province, which borders Botswana. Rescue operations have been halted due ...

Police have arrested suspects in Limpopo allegedly involved in illegal mining activities and contravention of immigration ...

This was after the SAHRC received a complaint over the Stilfontein illegal mining operations, where thousands of miners were ...

The Department of Mineral Resources is facing backlash from advocacy groups, including the South African Civic Organisation (Sanco) and Mining Affected Communities United in Action (Macua) over its ...

Zama zamas have been a rising problem in the South African mining industry. Uncover the hidden world of illegal miners who ...

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But he said it was untrue that government had to be forced by an order of court obtained by NGOs to rescue trapped miners in Stilfontein. He said that plans were already in motion and government ...

Rescuers use a mobile rescue winder during a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, North West Province, South Africa, on Jan. 13, 2025. [Xinhua] A total of 246 survivors and ...